Term | Definition |
an/o | anus |
append/o | appendix |
appendic/o | appendix |
bucc/o | cheek |
cec/o | cecum |
celi/o | belly/ abdomen |
cheli/o | lip |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
col/o | colon |
dent/i | tooth |
duoden/o | duodenum |
enter/o | intestines (usually small intestine) |
esophag/o | esophagus |
faci/o | face |
gastr/o | stomach |
gingiv/o | gums |
gloss/o | tongue |
hepat/o | liver |
ile/o | ileum |
jejun/o | jejunum |
labi/o | lip |
lapar/o | abdomen |
lingu/o | tongue |
mandibul/o | lower jaw / madible |
odont/o | tooth |
or/o | mouth |
palat/o | palate |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
pharyng/o | throat |
proct/o | anus and rectum |
pylor/o | pyloric sphincter |
rect/o | rectum |
sialaden/o | salivary gland |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
stomat/o | mouth |
uvul/o | uvula |
amyl/o | starch |
bil/i | gall / bile |
bilirubin/o | bilirubin (bile pigment) |
chol/e | gall/bile |
chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid |
gluc/o | sugar |
glyc/o | sugar |
glycogen/o | glycogen / animal starch |
lip/o | fat / lipid |
lith/o | stone |
prote/o | protein |
py/o | pus |
sial/o | saliva / salivary |
steat/o | fat |
-ase | enzyme |
-chezia | defecation / elimination of waste |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-prandial | meal |
absorption | to move nutrients into the body from the intestines |
achlorhydria | not producing hydrochloric acid |
amino acids | small building blocks of proteins |
amylase | enzyme to breakdown starch |
anastomosis | new connect between to tubes in the body |
anus | terminal end/opening of the digestive tract |
appendectomy | to cut out the appendix |
appendicitis | inflammation of the appendix |
bile | digestive juices that help to breakup fata |
biliary | pertaining to the bile/gall |
bilirubin | pigment released by the liver in bile |
bowel | intestine |
buccal mucosa | mucus membrane lining the cheek side of the mouth |
canine teeth | pointed teeth |
cecal | pertaining to the cecum |
cecum | beginning of the large intestine |
celiac | pertaining to the abdomen |
cheilosis | cracking of the lips |
cholecystectomy | removal of the gall bladder |
choledocholithiasis | stones in the common bile duct |
choledochojejunostomy | new connect between common bile duct and the jejunum |
choledochotomy | to cut in to the common bile duct |
cholelithiasis | gall stones |
colon | large intestines |
colonic | pertaining to the colon |
colonoscopy | process of visual examining the colon |
colostomy | new opening to the colon |
common bile duct | carries bile from liver and gall bladder to the duodenum |
defecation | to eliminate waste from digestive tract |
degulition | swallowing |
choledoch/o | common bile duct |